Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas@respublicae.eu

RT by @CarolineLucas: REACTION: Israel's ban of UNRWA

In full here: https://www.oxfam.org.uk/media/press-releases/oxfam-reaction-to-israels-ban-of-unrwa/

[2024-10-28 20:45 UTC]

RT by @CarolineLucas: Hello: this is 'Riversong', a "broadside ballad" which protests the slow death of rivers in the UK & around the world––& sings for their revival.

'Riversong' is free to print, share, set & sing, speak aloud on a riverbank, post on walls or windows, adapt, translate, perform, turn into a placard on a protest, colour in, share with schools, friends, community choirs, campaign groups...ANYTHING you want.

No permission is needed for any use: the only condition is that you use it for the good of rivers & people. Download link here or in my bio, hosted by the brilliant @Right_2Roam: https://www.righttoroam.org.uk/riversong

The art is by @nickhayesillus1 & the words are by me. But there's no need ever to credit either of us. This is a choral work, made from & by many voices. Nick's border art is a single, sinuous flow of river-beings, human & more-than-human: Dipper, Otter, Swimmer, Stonefly, Cormorant, Elf Cups, Eel...

The words running around the frame are imagined as River's "undersong", to be murmured below the main lyrics. Substitute the names of your own rivers & river-creatures there to make a new, localised undersong, anywhere in the world.

Historically, "Broadside ballads" were single-side printed sheets designed for announcing or protesting. For centuries, the arts of woodcut, typography & poetry thrived symbiotically on broadsides: image, letter & verse. Legibility & memorability are key to the broadside tradition: we've tried to preserve those qualities here.

7 years ago, Nick & I worked together on 'Heartwood', another free broadside ballad protesting the destruction of 1000s of street trees in Sheffield. ‘Heartwood’ ended up being fly-posted all over Sheffield, used in tree- & forest-protection from Canada to Hyderabad, & translated into Chinese, Dutch & Telugu.

We’d love to see ‘Riversong’ move with similar wild energy in the world. Please share …

[2024-10-27 17:10 UTC]

So in his speech today, Starmer is apparently going to say today “Politics is always a choice”. Exactly. So why is Labour choosing to target some of the least well off rather than raise taxes on the wealth of the super-rich?
https://nitter.privacydev.net/PatMillsUK

[2024-10-28 07:59 UTC]

RT by @CarolineLucas: Cheaper electricity key to meeting Britain’s recommended carbon target for 2035, says @piersforster

Will ministers finally start making polluting gas more expensive and cleaner electricity cheaper? No sign from govt, yet. Previous govts twice said they would, and did nothing

[2024-10-26 12:56 UTC]

RT by @CarolineLucas: "We need to be sprinting towards decarbonisation of our economy, not ambling." - @AdrianRamsay

The UN Emissions Gap Report is clear - we need climate action now.

[2024-10-25 11:10 UTC]

RT by @CarolineLucas: UNEP: New climate pledges need ‘quantum leap’ in ambition to deliver Paris goals | @hausfath

Read here ➡️ https://buff.ly/3BXOCjY

[2024-10-25 06:22 UTC]

Anything from the brilliant
https://nitter.privacydev.net/AnthonyBarnett
is always worth reading - and this is no exception - provocative and forensic as always 👇
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/AnthonyBarnett/status/1849208393434615898#m
</p>

[2024-10-25 07:26 UTC]

RT by @CarolineLucas: Both Trump and Harris are products of 1960s American politics – and that matters for what they stand for. Read the latest analysis from @AnthonyBarnett here👇
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/us-election-2024-trump-harris-marks-a-fork-in-world-history/

[2024-10-24 16:18 UTC]

RT by @CarolineLucas: 🔥 Delighted we have a new cross-party group in parliament to scrutinise &amp; build UK-EU relations.

The “All-Party Parliamentary Group on Europe” launched on Tues - chaired by @DrRosena - and I’m proud to say European Movement UK will be the secretariat.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-keir-starmer-europe-eu-b2634368.html

[2024-10-24 07:40 UTC]

RT by @CarolineLucas: Our tax system is so unfair that millionaires are literally *asking* the government to tax them more...

@RachelReevesMP what was that about 'tough choices'?

[2024-10-24 10:06 UTC]

Suggestions that solar panels for new homes may just be optional after pressure on Labour from house builders would make mockery of any commitment to greener homes - Labour must face down house builder lobby if it’s to retain any credibility on this 👇
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/23/labour-considering-weaker-rules-on-solar-panels-for-new-homes-in-england?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

[2024-10-23 16:58 UTC]

RT by @CarolineLucas: Sewage dumped in rivers &amp; on beaches, billions of £££ paid out in dividends and water companies loaded with debt

That is the legacy of privatisation yet the Govt won't even consider public ownership in its review of the industry

[2024-10-23 12:18 UTC]

RT by @CarolineLucas: Outstanding work by @alextomo: a covert investigation into how––what a surprise––grouse-moor gamekeepers are illegally killing ultra-rare hen harriers as well as buzzards and ravens.
Tomorrow @Natures_Voice launches its #BirdCrime report.
Excellent, depressingly necessary work

[2024-10-22 21:16 UTC]

RT by @CarolineLucas: The Guardian says stock market listing is the answer to water industry woes.

That increases pressure for profits, won't eliminate profiteering, dividends, customer abuse, financial engineering, tax abuse.

How many ethical listed companies are there?
https://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2024/oct/22/new-water-commission-must-create-an-environmental-enforcer-that-is-feared

[2024-10-23 06:28 UTC]

RT by @CarolineLucas: It’s clear @ofwat has failed as a regulator but so has privatisation. Massive profits paid to shareholders, companies loaded with debt, water shortages in some areas &amp; sewage dumped in our rivers &amp; beaches

Review should conclude privatisation was a disaster - because it is
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8elewdzy59o

[2024-10-23 07:43 UTC]

What a missed opportunity. This review should look at ALL factors in water scandal *including* privatisation. Water is a public good &amp; should be in public hands not run for private profit. And we need a new regulator, properly resourced &amp; with real teeth
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/22/new-commission-may-ban-england-water-companies-from-making-a-profit

[2024-10-23 08:05 UTC]

RT by @CarolineLucas: The Govt has a choice ahead of the budget. Taking from pensioners and those in need of benefits, or...

Taxing the richest fairly to raise £billions

All four @TheGreenParty MPs have signed this @GNDRising letter

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/22/cross-party-mps-urge-reeves-to-impose-2-tax-on-wealth-above-10m

[2024-10-22 09:41 UTC]

RT by @CarolineLucas: 🤬 Water companies want to raise our bills even more than previously agreed, all while paying out millions to bosses and shareholders.

💚 The Green Party is clear. It's time for water companies to be run for people, not profit.

[2024-10-22 11:24 UTC]

RT by @CarolineLucas: Humanity is on the verge of ‘shattering Earth’s natural limits’, say experts in biodiversity warning https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/21/humanity-earth-natural-limits-biodiversity-warning-cop16-conference-scientists-academics?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco

[2024-10-21 05:09 UTC]

RT by @CarolineLucas: DYK that most protected areas aren’t actually protected at all?
Our new report shows only 0.9% of the global ocean is completely off limits to destructive human activities.
If governments are serious about protecting the ocean by 2030, they MUST ratify the Global Ocean Treaty NOW

[2024-10-21 08:51 UTC]